Supreme Court Cases - 8th Grade U.S. History STAAR Review

What was the result of the Supreme Court decisions made by Chief Justice John Marshall in the following cases:

• Marbury vs. Madison
• McCullough vs. Maryland
• Gibbons vs. Ogden

• the court upheld the rights of the workers.

• the court abolished the system of slavery.

• the court protected the rights of children.

• the court ruled in favor of strengthening the federal government.

Ruled slaves could never be U.S. citizens

-Slaves were continued to be viewed as property

-Declared Missouri Compromise unconstitutional

• Dred Scott v. Sandford

• Marbury v. Madison

• Gibbons v. Ogden

• McCulloch v. Maryland

President __________________________ supported Indian Removal, ignored the ruling of the Supreme Court in Worcester v. Georgia and forced the Cherokee to Oklahoma along the Trail of Tears.

• Andrew Jackson

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

• John Quincy Adams

Gibbons v Ogden (1824) addressed which issue?

• The issue of congressional privileges

• The regulation of interstate commerce

• The right of states to tax a federal property

• The Supreme Court’s right to declare Congressional acts unconstitutional

In Dred Scott v Sandford, the Supreme Court ruled slaves were

• citizens of the United States

• freedmen but not citizens

• not U.S. citizens

• illegal immigrants

What is interstate commerce?

• Trade, or the exchange of goods, between two or more states.

• Trade, or the exchange of goods, within one state.

• Trade, or the exchange of goods, between two or more nations.

The _______________ went to the Supreme Court after Georgia tried to remove them from their land.

• Cherokee

• Seminoles

• Apache

• Creek

The Supreme Court ruled that ___ was not able to take the Cherokee land because the Cherokee were a sovereign nation.

• Tennessee
• Florida
• Georgia
• Ohio

This court case established Judicial Review by declaring the Judiciary Act of 1789 unconstitutional. This made the Supreme Court the final authority in deciding what laws and the Constitution means.

• Marbury v. Madison

• Ogden v. Gibbons

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Dredd Scott v Sanford

Ruled states do not have power to tax the federal government. Federal government's power is higher than state power.

• Marbury v. Madison

• Ogden v. Gibbons

• McCulloch v. Maryland

• Dredd Scott v Sanford